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NURS 6635 Final Test With Practice Questions And Verified Answers 100%Guaranteed Pass 1. Select the development time of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syndrome. A. 12-24 hours B. 24-72 hours C. 4-7 days D.10-14 days - ANS B. 24-72 hours If untreated syndrome lasts 10 to 14 days Treat with dantrolene or bromocriptine Select the mental function that is most affected in mild cognitive impairment. A. General cognition B. Activities of daily living C. Geographic orientation D. Recent memory - ANS D. Recent memory Select the brain region that shows the greatest anatomical abnormalities in schizophrenic patients. A. Hippocampus B. Amygdala C. Prefrontal cortex D. Basal ganglia - ANS C. Prefrontal cortex has anatomical abnormalities hippocampus and amygdala have size decrease basal ganglia theoretical due to odd movements D. per some answers Select the time frame for symptoms of schizophreniform disorder. A. 2 to 6 weeks B. 1 to 5 months C. 6 to 8 months D. 1 year - ANS Symptoms are short term lasting at least 1 month but less than 6 months. p. 342 Select the medical condition that occurs less frequently in schizophrenic patients than in the general population - ANS rheumatoid arthritis Select two comorbid factors common in schizophrenic patients - ANS obesity, DM, substance use disorders, complex partial epilepsy, cardiovascular disease, HIV, COPD Select the percentage of remission that results from correct antipsychotic drug therapy of schizophrenic patients A. 15 B. 30 C. 45 D. 70 - ANS p. 354 Approximately 60% will improve to the extent that they will achieve remission or only mild symptoms Select the most distinguishing feature in the course and prognosis of schizophrenia - ANS worsening after each relapse Select the two behaviors of schizophrenic patients that occur more frequently than in the general population. - ANS p.339 little impulse control, decreased social sensitivity, impulsive behavior, suicide, violent behavior Select the characteristic that is greater in childhood than adult onset schizophrenia - ANS Social withdrawal p. 349 typically quiet introverted, no close friends, may have sudden onset of ocd Select the most reliable method to make a diagnosis of schizophrenia - ANS a patient's history is essential for the diagnosis of schizophrenia; clinicians cannot diagnose schizophrenia simply by results of a mental status examination, which may vary. Select the dysfunction that is common to 50% to 85% of schizophrenic patients. - ANS Various studies have reported abnormal eye movements in 50 to 85 percent of patients with schizophrenia compared with about 25 percent in psychiatric patients without schizophrenia and fewer than 10 percent in nonpsychiatrically ill control participant. p. 359

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NURS 6635 Final Test With Practice
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1. Select the development time of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant
syndrome.

A. 12-24 hours
B. 24-72 hours
C. 4-7 days
D.10-14 days - ANS>> B. 24-72 hours

If untreated syndrome lasts 10 to 14 days
Treat with dantrolene or bromocriptine

Select the mental function that is most affected in mild cognitive
impairment.
A. General cognition
B. Activities of daily living
C. Geographic orientation
D. Recent memory - ANS>> D. Recent memory

Select the brain region that shows the greatest anatomical abnormalities in
schizophrenic patients.
A. Hippocampus
B. Amygdala
C. Prefrontal cortex
D. Basal ganglia - ANS>> C. Prefrontal cortex has anatomical
abnormalities
hippocampus and amygdala have size decrease
basal ganglia theoretical due to odd movements
D. per some answers



Select the time frame for symptoms of schizophreniform disorder.

, A. 2 to 6 weeks
B. 1 to 5 months
C. 6 to 8 months
D. 1 year - ANS>> Symptoms are short term lasting at least 1 month but
less than 6 months. p. 342

Select the medical condition that occurs less frequently in schizophrenic
patients than in the general population - ANS>> rheumatoid arthritis



Select two comorbid factors common in schizophrenic patients - ANS>>
obesity, DM, substance use disorders, complex partial epilepsy,
cardiovascular disease, HIV, COPD


Select the percentage of remission that results from correct antipsychotic
drug therapy of schizophrenic patients
A. 15
B. 30
C. 45
D. 70 - ANS>> p. 354 Approximately 60% will improve to the extent that
they will achieve remission or only mild symptoms

Select the most distinguishing feature in the course and prognosis of
schizophrenia - ANS>> worsening after each relapse

Select the two behaviors of schizophrenic patients that occur more
frequently than in the general population. - ANS>> p.339 little impulse
control, decreased social sensitivity, impulsive behavior, suicide, violent
behavior

Select the characteristic that is greater in childhood than adult onset
schizophrenia - ANS>> Social withdrawal p. 349 typically quiet introverted,
no close friends, may have sudden onset of ocd

Select the most reliable method to make a diagnosis of schizophrenia -
ANS>> a patient's history is essential for the diagnosis of schizophrenia;
clinicians cannot diagnose schizophrenia simply by results of a mental
status examination, which may vary.

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